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McNamee Was Almost Minaya's Headache

The controversy that Brian McNamee hath wrought has centered on the Yankees, thanks to his past employment with the team and personal history working with Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte. Certainly there were other PED-peddlers ingratiated with other franchises around the big leagues, but McNamee was the one who was caught...

Rickey Henderson Back in Baseball

No, not as an active player, as would have been his desire, but Rickey Henderson will be wearing a major league uniform again as the Mets' hitting coach. He replaces Rick Down, the Mets' hitting coach since 2005, who was fired late last night, according to Newsday:When asked whether Randolph offered an explanation, Down --...

Shawn Green Learns How to Hit

That's not a headline that's going to instill any confidence in Met fans. But sometimes, you have to get back to basics.Shawn Green's power numbers have declined over the last few seasons. Back in February, Green found a hand hitch in his swing, and he thought all was well. However, Green started off the spring 0 for 13....

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05/29/12 Rick pickings not enough as Burn go down Source: Selby Times - Selby - North Yorkshire - UK Despite a cracking 60 not out from Jack Rich, second-placed Burn lost their 100 per cent record by going down to 2011 champions Askern Welfare in Division 1 of the Snaith Evening League.
05/29/12 Fallen and active veterans remembered in cemetery... Source: NewsVirginian.com - Waynesboro VA Commander Rick Downs of the Augusta County's American Legion Post 340 and his colleagues spent part of Memorial Day paying tribute to both fallen and active veterans during a Riverview Cemetery ceremony.
10/11/11 PPP: Iowa Republicans Are Raising Cain Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC The latest PPP survey of "probable Iowa caucusgoers" shows dramatic changes over the past two months in the Republican race in Iowa.
09/15/11 Rick Perry Doubles Down Source: Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish Perry, apparently deciding to make ads for the Obama campaign, came out with a series of "See how dumb I am?" one-liners.